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2 unusual facts about peacock bass


Peacock bass

Peacock bass introduction in the Rosana Reservoir and upper Paraná River, both in Brazil, resulted in a 95 percent decline in native fish density and 80 percent decline in richness in only two years.

Their flesh is white and sweet when cooked, and has very little oil, making it similar in taste to snapper or grouper.


Zarzal

Some 200 square kilometres are used for cattle raising and 0.1 km² for a small industrial fishing industry which produces tilapia, cachama, peacock bass and bocachico.


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